circumspection
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French circumspection, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin circumspectio; surface analysis circum- + spect + -ion, "looking [all] around" (as compared with the opposite concept, embodied as tunnel vision or blinders)
Noun
circumspection (countable and uncountable, plural circumspections)
- Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent.
- Caution, watchfulness, or vigilance fueled by such awareness.
Translations
attention to all the facts and circumstances
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References
- “circumspection”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “circumspection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.